Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-10
NEW FINANCIAL LIGHT
pr,oadier General at q anu
" N,i,lionaire at A.

,,v YORK. April 9-One OF the lere-
W." ina confederate charge at the
4 Onorable first battle of Bull Kun was
4 'nng stripling of the medium nelen',
Elouu1 hr,It and with a strong tace, nreo
-, aogar ardor of born s0ldler'
ENIln nc We rs Thomas NJ. Logan. he en-
Ehis nan" confederate service In 1901 as
EfeTeu If Charleston light troop ne
II OSp.i1'.nished himself at Bun Run tnht
~ ulsV,D tharpa;ter was rapid. he became
~ ~ one of the braYest OF the younger
goors on the Southern slue, ne lose
fIllo,,,h all the grades ulI ne pecdHe al
~, ~ q Rrigadier General, anu was JUG
t.bo voungest men holding tnaI IauA III
H. Confederate army. he Is now .5
~ of the Virginia mluIanu IdiI o"u,
Erst Vice President OF the nlcnnuonG anu
Y lI sl a Vice President of the Rich
=DanSiia nd West Point Terminal, ana
E'nunu IN al the roads which 1t controls.
I,,0,a of The new financial powers, In
words who have arisen Wltnin a
j ,oors 10 GUIDE the nnanclal ana IN
~" yyioI destinies of the South. bis New
l.I, oftice is in the United Bank bulld-
~ oYnostte Trinity church, with us an
Eppsyi,o headstones and monuments anu Cne
;44Sor.ton gued chimes on the great steeple,
Rs;oh so often fling down as IN a melodl-
nio ,na,yar fhe notes OF some long familiar
Il the song OF the lark at heavens
H! - soarinv high above the roar OF Broad
- trettic. Gen. Logan is about Al years
E"' Ind was born in Charleston, >. q.
rvas Graduated from the University OF
Enntb carolina. After the war he prac-
Led law in Richmond, Va, ana ne sui
[wraa house there. and IS memoer OF
~ WpstmOreland Club, the Leading cluG
In VIRGINIA he not only practlceu law,
Hi engaged III manufacturing anu mining
Eenterprlses in the SouJh, ana RIauuaily
Il an became identlted Win raliToau III
4 arests and now he is worth million or
&nro a fine business record for man
,til yonng. and who, at the close of the
H. mad nothing but his own abilities TO
- MIN ~ the front. He is quick and
2srvous in manner, but full of the true
toutbern chiyalry. He married beauti-
Fl and accomplished lady, the daughter
IN Jpdge Cox, wealthy and dtstlu-
rnished citizen of Virginia. Gen. Logan,
%yitb Alfred Sully, Gen. Thomas, John IL.
hnman and Calvin 8. Brice, have all come
n the front as natural financial leaders
IL the great industrial development OF the
south. Alfred Sully was born in Ottawa,
8onada. and Gen. Thomas and G. 5. Brice
In Ohio, but the South is well represented
n the new powers at work by Gen. Lo-
Kan. horn in south Carolina, and John ii.
Enman, who came originally from Ten
Enessee, JOnn G. Calhoun. Dr., 10 also
EpromInent in Southern railroad affairs
Ind is often seen in New York. lie is a
GRANDSON of the famous statesman, an
Hpcompromisng exponent of State
higbts, the nAttle danger from which has
sprung the flower safety for the unity OF
LIN republic. MIR. Calhoun is identified
%ith the Georgia Central railroad and the
Richmond and DanVIlle system. The
4 reat statesman. once a Titan ia South
~rn politics, has few descendants, his
afsprlng being peculiarly subject to apo
&exy and consumption. 1t IS interesting
10 observe that namesake in his grand
hon, eschewlng politics, is winning new
Eistlpcton for the name of Calhoun in
HE domain of finance.
OSCAR WILLOUGHBY RIGGS.